Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-09-03
Niagara aIIs.
BY ANTHONY rnoLLopr.

OF all those which have SEEN - an
Inclined to give Tho palm 10 tho Fall
OF Niagara. In the catalogue of sueb
sights ! Intend TO include all buildings
pictures, statues and wonders Of al
made by mems hands. and aIso an
beauties OF nature prepared by tha
Creator for the delight Of His creatures
This Is long word; but as far as NV
taste and judgement go. 1t is Jus fed.
know no other one thing so beautiful
so glorious and so powerful. wouId
not by th be understood as saving
that traveller wishing 10 do the best
with his time should first of All places
seek n agara. Ia visiting Florence he
may learn almost all That modern art
can teach, Al Rome he will be brought
TO understand the cold hearts, correct
eyes aud cruel ambition Of the old Latin
RAGS. la Switzerland no VIII surround
himself with Hood OF grandeur and
loneliness, and ill himself. IL he be
capable of such filling. with flood OF
romance. The tropics will unfold TO
him all that vegetation in lis greatest
richness can produce. In Paris he viii
Ind the supreme Of polish. the nc Plus
ultra Of yarnish according to the
worlds espab.lity of vanishing; and in
London be viii find the supreme Of
power. the ne p'Hs ultra Of work nc.
eonling TO the worlds capablliiy Of
working. Any one Of such journeys
may DO moro valuable 10 man-nay,
any one such journey must DO more
valuable 10 man. than Wilt to Nj
agara. Al Niagara there Is that fall OF
water alone But that Is more grace.
iul than q oito's tower moro noble
than the Apollo. The peaks Of the
Alps arc not so astounding In their
solitude The valleys Of the Blue
maintains IN Jamaica are less green.
Ihe finished glaze Of life In Paris Is
less inyariabie; aud tho full tide Of
trade round the Bank OF England Is not
50 lncsorably powerful.
That tho waters Of Lake Erie have
come down ia their courses from
tho broad basins Of Lake Michigan,
Lake Superior and Lake Huron; that
these waters fall into Lake Ontario by
ll's shoS. sud rapid river Niagara. aud
thai tho Falls oI Niagara are made by
Sudden break ia the level Of this
rapid river. i probably known 10 all
who will read this book. All the wa
sers 81 these hugs northern inland seas
run over that breach in the rocky bot
tom Of the stream and thence Il
comes HAT the flow Is uDecasing ia ito
gtandeur. sud that no ole can preceiFe
= difference 10 the weight. Or sound. or
violence II the fall. whether il 10 Wis.
iled Ia ihe dronih Of autumn. amidst
lllc storms Of winter OF after the
melting Of other worlds ai 100 In
lhe DAYS ol the early summer How
many calArao,s does the hahignal tour.
Isl sisis AZ which the waters fail liimf
Ras 4, Niagara ihe waters never fall.
There !, thnndsrs over Us lelacsjp 4
volume that never ceases and is never
diminished; las Il has done from time
previous to the life Of men. and rs Il
viii uli tens Of thousands o. years
shalt SEQ the rocky bcd Of the river
worn away. back 10 The upper lake.
Ii has been said THAI il matters much
from MhA, 10 us tho falls are FIRST seen.
but 10 this deuiuE Il matters. !
think. very iiltlc, or not nj all Let
tho visitor iirsi sce Il all. and learn tho
whereabouts Of every point 50 as to
understand his own position and that
Of lho waters; and then having dope
that ia tho way Of business. let him
proceed 10 enjoyment doubt whelh-
81 Il b. not the best 10 do this with all
sightseeing. | ant quito sure that u
i The way in which acquaintance may
b. best and most pleasantly made with
new picture
The Falls ere. as have said. made
ty a sudden breach ~ The level OF the
river. Al caiaracis are, ! presume,
made by such breaches; but generally
Tho waters do not fall prccipi,onsly as
,hey do AZ Niagara. aud never else
where. "a far rs the world yet knows
has a breach so sudden been made in .
river carrying in It's channel such OF
any approach 10 such a body of water
III above the falls, for more than
mile, tic waters leap aud burst over
ranIds as though conscious OF TIC
destiny that awaits them. Here ING
river il very broad, and comparatively
shallow. but from shore TO shore u
frets itself into little torrents, and be
Gins 10 assume the majesty Of It's power
Looking al Il cvon here, in tho OK
nanso which forms itself over lh'
greater fall. ono feels sure that ne
sirongest swimmer could have = chance
81 saving himself, II fate had cast hin
IN even among those petty whlrlpools
| Tte waters. though so broken Ia theil
descent, arc doliciously green, I'M
color. As seen carly in tho morning o
iust rs The sun has set is so bright a
10 give tile place (onc) OF Its ch'e'es
charms This viii be best seen from th
furtber end Of the island-Goat Island
q n Il called. which. as the rcade
will understand, divides tho river IN
med alcly above the falls. Indeed ID
island Is a part Of that precipllousl
,, 49,, over which the rive